The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-25 00:00:00

ANI) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, • CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Full rates and general activity of business are the principal features of the money market, and very little alteration is expected during the next fort night. Afterwards, however, the distribution of these dividends at the Bank will largely augment the supplies on offer, and in the meantime less gold ie expected to leave the country for France, Spain, 8:e. A further sum of £7,000 in gold was taken out of the Bank yesterday. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was no material change. Since Monday last the imports of specie have Unwanted to £350,193, and the exports to £211,850. The share-list of the Great North Vor Tin and Coppe r Mining (Limited) is advertised to close on Tuesday, the 28th inst. The shares are at to 1 Pro. We learn that a considerable portion of the Stock has been already subscribed for. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Rentes Were quoted 65f. 65c. An improvement of about 3-16ths has taken place to-day in the market for the English Funds, on Purchases probably in behalf of operators for a full Closing of their accounts to secure the available profit. A better feeling has also been evinced re• garding political affairs, and Consols have improved, the latest prices being 891 90 for money, and 901 for the Btl, prox. The New Threes are 884 89; the Reduced, 884 ; India 5 per Cents., 1044 ; do. 4 per Cent., 991 ; do. 5 per Cent. Enfaced, 104; and do. Bonds, 163. to 10s. dis. A general improvement has taken place in the Foreign Market, and there is more activity. Tur • kish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701; do., Cansolidks, 484; Spanish Passive, 291 4 ; Greek, 231 q ; Mexican, 43i ; Portuguese, 484 49; Russian Scrip, 34 prem. ; Italian, 69 1; and the Confed€rate Loan, 62 64. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued rather inactive, but in some instances prices have shown more firmness. Lancashire and York shire, and North Western have each improved 10s, Midland, 50, and Great Western 15s, while Great astern have receded ss, and Great Northern A stock 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain very in- 4etivo at about previous rates. Bank and Mi4c)llaneous Shares continue dull, 1 and show in several instances increased depression. S London and South African have declined to 24; New South Wales to 46k; and Standard of British South Africa to 28k; Chamounix United Hotel Company are quoted / 1/ prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVEr.NMENT FUNDS. et 3 Per C en t. C ons ols Do Account, July 8 a New Cent. Reduced "ew 3 per Cent 1 N ew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891.... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — 1 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — I 11 0 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — I Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — I March. June. I par et Rschequer Bills, Ll,OOO, 2/ & 3 per Cent Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Do Account.. — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 187 U 1.1 0 Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do Certificates . . Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .... 104 Do 5i per Cent., May, 1870, — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 D., Bond:51;1,000 lO Do under £l,000 FOREIGN FITNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Do 1859.. Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 _ Do 1863 .. 861 'kenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Chilian 6 per Cent. Do 3 pet Cent. Colombian 6 per Gent — Cuba, 6 per Cent Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent. 864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 4 gvptian 7 per Cent — ~., Do, Second Issue - — ureek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account ~ 23 i Do Coupons — Do Account , G uatemala 5 per Cent. Do, 1839 and 1859 . Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway — 4 exican 3 per Cent .... Do Account Do Scrip £23 paid Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 9_oc — dis Do 6 per Cen . Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid — Roorish Imperial 5 per Cent I lew Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. Do 41 per Cent., 1862 .. , De Account r ortuquese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account .. 481 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. Do Account 4Bl Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 B5 Ditto 3 Der Cent 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Ditto Angio-Dutch Ditto Scrip, £3O paid B arilnian 5 per Cent b Ditto Account B Panishf3 per Cent Ditto Account : Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account 3O 291 i Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. *— Ditto Accoimt — Swedish, 4 per Cent ~. Ditto Scrip, £6O paid — pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto/Account .. 70! i 70 Ditto £lOO Bonds.. — Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto 1.5 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond ,L, & ustrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 44 per Cent., Ex. 25f... — , Ditto Account — .uutch 25 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 63 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account — Permian Dollar Bonds, 45 per Ct. Ex. 4g. Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — TWO O'CLOCK. .. 89k 90 ( loam's Money .... 90 i t Ditto Account MONEY MARKET Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market steady—waiting American mails. Sales about 6,000 bales ; imports, 15,310; previously, 128. SKIPPING INTELLIGENCE — This Day, LONDON, June 25.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; moderaZe breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. FALMOUTH, June 25.—Wind W.—Arrived—Jeannette, rron Buenos Ayres. CaumrP, June 23.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Melody, for tia.vannah. PLYMOUTH, June 24 —Wind S.W,—Arrived—Gipay 4ucen, from Quebec. Sailed—Jessie Boyle, and Eliza, ')/' Quebec. _ _ DARTMOUTH, Jane 24.—Wind N. V.—Arrived--Win -)aeeter, from London for Calcutta. LnIDGEWATER, Juno 23. Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mar arEt!e, from Rio Hache. GLOUCESTER, June 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived--Port 41 agow, from Quebn. Th e Brussels journals state that the Archduke rosepl i and his wife, the Princess Clotilda, as well as the krchduke Stephen, near relatives of the Duchess de Bra ,ant, are expected is the Belgian capital, to be present at he baptim of the yogng I'riucecs SI6I)IIAUW SHARE AIARKETS—Ths day. Railways. Paid. fir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 'Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A ( A gets nh dig Do. B till 6p c.p an.has e & ben aid to B. 'Dublin Belfast June. I l Dun.,Perth,&,Ab. June. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. I(3jasg. and S. Western. GrentEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthof Scotland r Great Northern...—. 1 Do A stock Do do 1 t. S. itnci W. of Irelan 'Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancaohlre & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright,,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western ,Lou. & So , ..th Western & Lincoln. IMaryport and Carlisle. Do Z shares.. ;31etropolitan 'Midland Do New . Do Birraing. & Derby Mid. (3 t. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line 'North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee 1 Nth. Eastern—Berwich Do, G.N.E. purchase it Do Leeds 1 Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot N. E., Aber. stook 1 Do Scot. Mid. stock 1 Shrews, and Welchpoo Shropshire Union South 1 South Eastern South %Vales S. York. and River Dun 1 Staines,Wok.,anclWok. a Stockton & Darlingtou a Do Do New, 150€. 1 Gaff Vale.. ..... 1( Do B Do C Ulster i.... a i 3.14) at 10 st st 50 20 10 I 10 II 8 St 91 84 86 1171 118; 0 7 35 37 16 17 V/ 91 103 105 16 .7 6i 7i 13t 132 143 144 128 (32 90 9 65 61 1121 113 66 (8 t loi 40 42 111 i 111, 97 98 50 57 IL2 713 130 130 P. 15.1 90i 91 104 106 8 9 361 371 91 10 7 i 8 i ( 165 170 6 7 3 4 p Do Do Vale of Meath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny! West Cornwall W. Hartlepool liar. &R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport, Do Lleretordi 107 110 34 37 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOult.S: Closing I I Bnsinearf• Price. done. 1311 1434 6, 903 1 1111 I 971 L6l 1302 f BRITISH. POSSE ar , dailways 10 A.tlantic &St Lawrene, I3om.,Baroda&.Centlna Gu. 5 per cent... :0 Do. New . ..... !C) Do. E. Shares... :04 Buffalo and Lake Huron 10 Do. Preferonoe 00 Bulialo,Brant,dzGodrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1874 00 Do. do. July 1, 1.87:-'1 00 Do. do. June 1, 16;9 1 st Clout ta. &S. Eastn.(Lin: st Capc.!Town & ock S erif ock Ewan. Bengal gru. p. 'ok East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 10 Do. do. G Ext..... 10 Do. do. II do. .. )ck Grand Trunk of Canada )0 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. )0 Do. do. deferred.... 10 Do. 2d Piet. Bonds.. 10 Do. do. deferred...... 10 Do. 3d Pref. stock 10 Do. do. deferred...... O Do. 4th Pref. stock... O Do. do. deferred...... , ok OtandtaPonln.gua.sp.o 0 Do. New gua. 5 p. a... - Do. January, 1862 .. ok Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 104 / Gt. W. of Canada Shares '0 Do. New .. •• • O Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. :0 Do. 5 p. o. do. '77-8.... ,0 Indian. Branch Limited ck Madras, guar., 5 p. o. ok D0.41p. c. Extension ok Dc. 4i d 0.... —. :0 Do. Wfth Extension. l ick 3lelb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds. O Melb. & Hobson's Bay. 0 Do. 7p. c. slortg. Bds. O Newßrunswick t Canda Class A and B. 111.C'da 5 pc Ist pt bde :ock Scinde .......... ock Do. Delhi I 0 Do. do st Do. Punjaub •••• Do. Do. ........ , Kok Do. In dus.St. Flo.) Pala all 101 1(3 53 6 5 24 25 103 ;04 60 61 92 93 125 128 14 24 76 78 PI 125 130 36 38 51 55 33 35 ;SIONS. Closing Price. 59 61 103 101 pari p Di 6 8i 94 77 82 77 8! 77 82 101 103 98 100 106 108 104 1054 2} 21 72 74 6e 64 06 68 55 67 50 51 43 45 28 30 26 29 1044 105; pr 4 p 103 104 10 10i 10,1 10-F On 82 84 d fn 1021 101 97 99 94 PI 56 58 3 5 82 84 104} 111:*q iP 973 08 1 COLONIAL GOVERIs MENT SECURITIES. 6p.o.Ja. 44J u 1.3 1877-81 . ... 1.0 1(2 104 -- 1)o. Ap. c. Feb. k Auk;. 100 101 106 1041 D 0.6 p.c.:Mar.& Sept. 100 103 1(5 Do. 6p. c. Jan. &J uly. 10i 93 05 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 'ape G.llope, 6p 0,1873 107 104 106 Do.Ap 64 Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. MK 100 it 9 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 110 111 Ceylon, N0v.1873, 6p c 10,, 111 113 1 31auritins 6 per cent lOO 107 109 Natal Gov. 6 per mt 100 107 1(9 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..la.a.J uly 100 102 104 Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. N, S.W. G ov. 5 p d.,1801 106 993 1003 Du. sp. c.,lBti to 1 . if 100 995 10(4 Do. d0.,1888 az upwels 110 993 1001 1005 , New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 10 111 - I Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. stet - II:1g, 1875 lO. 105 107 ,Queensland Gcv. tip. c lOO 108 110 IS. Aus G ( p.c.1873.& up lOO 109 111 Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 106 - , Do. to :30.6. An.&Oct.. 100 109 110 1091 5 BRITISH MINES. 2 j , ..;ambrian Consol. Gold 1 k 3d Amalgamated.. 3f 36 Devon G. Con.. \ "ravist.) 1 560 670 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 e 4 66 East Clogau Gold Ltd. —•— East Caradon ...... '014.6 29 30 291 I Kast Cara Brea.... E. VPlltussel (Tavistk ) 8.13.3 01 41 - Gram.&St.Aubyn(Gweu ',SI 7 9 Great South 'Palmas._ 17a 25 G. Wheal Vor (lielston 40 33 34 Grenville I 'dercd'a-l'oot 8.12 08 40 - 1-1 ingeton Downs ..... . 4.18.0 35 31 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 9I 14 16 Marke Valley.. 4 4.3 0 45 41 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim.:. 2A• 15 I d New Seton . lil 70 80 North Downs 25 15 2 N.V7ll'l Basset (1110 4an, 3.1.0 15 2 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (.'F.t. Blaze) 20 Providence( tiny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 12 450 170 • S. Cara Brea (Mogan). • S.Wheal rran.(lllo:*an: 18.15.9 50 55 Stray Park 30.17.6 29 31 Lunar Silv.& Lead 3iin — - Croft 9 173 183 -- West Basset (Illogan) l3 95 103 W Ct radon (Liskeard) 5 16 18 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 90 05 Wheal Buller(liedruth) 10 27 29 Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott 3.5.5 25 21 Wheal Mary Ann ;Lieu.) 8 14 'l6 , Wheal Seton , 583 224 2273 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)' 7 19 21 ?Wheal Union 3.17 15 2 • PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red, at S per cent. pm., 108 Great Western Orig. 44 per cent pl., 981 South Devon, Anns., 10s., LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& lull tnd Selby, 111 FOREIGN RAILWAYS, Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9i Belgian Eastern Junction, Great Luxembourg, 10i Ban Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 2U 191 .FOREIGN MLNES. Fortuna (lim.), 3/ St. John del Rey (lim.), 40 Yudananiutan.a of 8. Australia, litn., 2i BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 11.01 Anglo Austrian, 613 Australasia, - - Ditto, new, se; 7 Brazilian and Portuguese, Rm., 13 / City, 137 61 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 31 Ditto, issued at 10 pm., Icl Continental, Urn., 174 East London, lira.. 81 6 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21f 1 H Eu in ro d p u e s a ta n n ß , L, an h k in , a li , rn., and l3 j l ap l Japan (Um.), Ditto, im ) 37i I L:l o,, d o 7.lo u r i t i new, issued at 2 pm.,k 16 1 Imperial Bank (1 Imperial Ottoman, 18 1 7ft 16 . 1 o n i k l o n i dka u London and Couuty, , ' a ' r a t g e e r da B a stralia, 25 65 a London. Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lira., 17 London and Northern, lira., 229 2 London and South African, 241 London and N estininster, 07 Itercan tile and Exchange lim., 191 Metropolit an and Provincial Bank, Rm., 291 f New bouUr Wales, 16i New Zealand Bank Corporation, lim.. Oriental Bank Corporation. 59 seinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim 13 South Eastern, lint., 71 " Standard of British South Africa (limn), 282 MISCELLA.NEOUB. Commercial Union, Insurance, S East India Irrigation and Canal, 51 a Egyptian Com. and Trading, Bin., If I Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lint., Home and C denial A ssura nce, li ra. - Hudson's Bay, 18, 1 Imperial and Mercantile Credit A sso., lirn, e 7 International Financial Society, lim., oi 10 of International Land Credit. lim., 11 1 Joint Stock Discount, Jim., 7} Land Securities, Dm., 4! LOndon Financial Association, lint., 251 AI dras Irrigation and Canal, National Discount Company, lint., 141 Oriental Inland Steam, 3 Royal Mail Steam, 011 2 Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 41 HERR JOACIIIII will perform a new violin con certo, composed by himself, at the Philharmonic Concert on Monday, on which occasion Dr. Bc.nnett's new orchestral piece (a symphonic overturn) will be executed for the first Utz?, Business don• 100 100 100 100 100 100 72i 67 6 IC4i 5 all all 2 100 100 100 10:2 3 all 100 (100 I ' 100 2 1 all 100 IC3I 1024 pr laj THE SUN, LONDON; SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1864 LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr Commissioner Kerr.) WHERE THE GOOD SERMONS COME FROM.-SINGULAR ACTIONS.-R 0 GERS Y. WALCOT AND OTHER DE- TENDANTS. The plaintiff in these cases sued a number of clerical gen tlemen for sermons supplied at different periods—the de fondants being rectors, vicars, and curates in the country. In one case, Rogers v. Walcot, the defendant was de scribed as of Ribbesford, and his debt amounted to £l2 14s Gd. His Honour asked if all that money was for sermons ? Plaintiff's representative—Oh, yes; your honour has the particulars. His Honour—Oh ! I see they are here. The account set out that "harvest sermons" were 2s 63 each, The special manuscript sermon was £1 Is, and ordinary special sermons were charged at ss. His Honour then mado a calculation, and found that since 1560 the defendant had received in all no less than 320 sermons. Witnesz,—Yes, I believe that is the number. His Honour—Defendant has 326 sermons, and he pays £42 for the lot, Well, the account extends over a consi derable period, and really he does not pay much for them, taking tho matter altogether. What is defendant ? I see he is a rector. I hops that Witness—l have a letter from the defendant here, if your Honour would like to see it. The letter was then handed up to his Honour, who road it, and remarked—He admits that they are good sermons. (Laughter.) Come, there is something in that. Witness (smiling)—l believe there is no doubt about that. His Honour—He does not dispute having received all these sermons, and considering the length of time, the amount does not seem at all unreasonable. His Honour then pinned the letter to the summons, but the witness applied to have it returned to him. His Honour—Do you want it? I have annexed it to the summons. Witness—l should like to have it again. Mr Osgood (Registrar)—l do not want it. It was only produced as evidence for the Court. The letter was then handed to the witness, and the usual verdict was recorded as in the other cases. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Commissioner Goutburn.) IN RE A. MAINIYARING. This bankrupt was described as formerly of Worthing House, near Basingstoke, and of the Army and Navy Club, Pall-Wall, and this was an adjourned meeting for last examination and discharge, The bankrupt wes lately a captain in her Majesty's ser- vice, and from the accounts, by Messrs Hart Brothers and Hoyles, it appears that he owes to unsecured creditors, 13,124; secured, £4,300; and liabilities about £7,000. The assets being—property given up, £750; ditto in the hands of creditors, £s`.;o. Mr Lawrance, for the assignees, said he assented to a suggestion of Mr C. E. Lewis, for the bankrupt, that an adjournment should take place for two months, with a view of effecting an arrangement with the creditors. His Honour said he was very happy to hear so, as it would be much better for all parties and all purposes, and he hoped the bankrupt would do all he could for his creditors, Adjourned accordingly. IN E.E CHATEL.-"A MESSMAN'' IN A STEW. This bankrupt was formerly messman to the Royal Artil lery at the camp at Shooburyness, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. The debts amounted to £270, but only one creditor proved, and chose himself assignee, and opposed on various grounds, and Mr. Abrahams pressed for an adjournment for further accounts. Mr Morris, for the bankrupt, said it was a hard case on the bankrupt. He was a Frenchman, and could speak English but imperfectly, and could not write it at all. The books had been kept by a soldier; it was therefore prepos terous to ask him for a cash goods and delivery account for twelve months. He had given a cash account, but the de ficiency was not on the mess transactions, but through his having opened a coffeehouse near the Strand. All the cre ditors would have agreed to a deed of arrangement, but Mr Abrahams's client stood out and put the bankrupt in prison, and he had to apply to this court. Mr Abrahams and his client were creditors for £32. His Honour said that from what he saw of the case there did not appear the slightest idea of fraud ; the bankrupt was a foreigner and had been in prison for five weeks; he had never been bankrupt before, and was entitled to his discharge. Mr Morris said that unfortunately the bankrupt had through those proceedings lost his position, as he would not be received as meesman again, having been bankrupt. His Honour—Surely that cannot be. Mr Morris—l fear it is—the bankrupt would no doubt 'have gone back to the Artillery, that was why we wished to arrange by deed, Mr Abrahams—Then let him annul the bankruptcy. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, THAMES. THE SNAIE IN THE GlUSS.—A'young woman, named Josephine Wigmer, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged with felony under very aggravated circumstances. The prosecutrix in this case is Mrs Frederica Pasch, the wife of Mr Pasch, an hotel keeper, No. 6, Hayden-square, Minories. The parties are all Germans. Ever since the prisoner's arrival in this country a few months since, Mrs Pasch had employed her four days in every week, and some times more frEquontly, as a needlewoman, at Is per day and her board. In the course of that time Mrs Pasch had missed linen, ribbons, dresses, handkerchiefs, jewellery, and a variety of other property. She had discharged several indoor servants she suspected of having robbed her, and the prisoner had artfully contrived to fix suspicion on others while she avoided suspicion herself, annd was thought for a long time to be all honesty and perfection. The pilfering had been going on for five months. The pri soner lent a pair of drawers to a young woman named Anne Kaisu, a native of Germany, and servant in the hotel. Mrs Pasch happened to see the drawers two or three days ago and identified them as her property. Her initials were upon them. The prisoner (who is a married woman, and living with her husband at No. 17, South-square, West minster) was sent for, and asked by Mrs Pasch, " Have you got anything belonging to me ?" The prisoner said she had not. The woman Kaisu was then called, and spoke to the prisoner about the drawers. The prisoner said, "Don't put me to trouble, and I'll give up all the things; why not come to me before you went to Mrs Pasch," The prosecutrix then said, "If you will give up everything I will make it all right, and not prosecute." The prisoner not being disposed to restore the plunder, she was given into custody, a n d a police constable, 116 H, proceeded to her lodging, No. 17, South-square, where he found a per • Lion of the stolen property. A pawnbroker's assistant, named William M‘Lachlan, produced a pair of gold eartops pledged by prisoner on the 22d February last, Mrs Pasch ident'..iicd them as her property. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Partridge said this was a very bad case. The pri soner had acted the part of a snake in the grass, and brought a oharge against one poor and innocent girl, who lost her situation, and caused Mrs Pasch to suspect other poor servants. He sentenced her to be imprisoned for 6 months and kept to hard labour. THE CITY o;•' RlCHMOND.—Richmond, by the last census, had a population of 38,000 souls, but the great influx of civil and military officers and refugees from other parts of the State has probably raised it to a much higher figure. It is situated at the head of tide water, at the lower falls of James River, about 150 miles from its mouth. Tho city occupies a most picturesque situation, being built on Richmond and Shockhoo hills, which are separated by Shockhoe Creek, and surrounded by beautiful scenery. It is regularly laid out and well built, the streets, which era lighted with gas, crossing each other at right angles. On Shockhoe Hill are the State Capitol and other public buildings. The Capitol is an imposing edifice, and contains, in its central hall, Houden's celelebrated status of Washington. On the east of the square is the Governor's mansion. Jefferson Davis's residence is a private mansion, which was pur chased for him by the rebel Government. The city has many fine public buildings, six banks, thirteen news papers, and twenty-three churches. In one of the three Presbyterian churches Jefferson Davis worships. The falls of James River afford immense water power, and there are very extensive factories, including four cotton and abaft 50 tobacco factories, flour mills, rolling mills, forges, furnaces, machine shops, &c., the latter of which, and particularly the Tredeger Ironworks, have been of immense service to the rebels in turning out ordnance and material of war. Tho annual exports of Richmond before the rebellion reached nearly 7„000,000 and its imports 750,000 dole. But since it had the honour of being the rebel capital its foreign commerce has been extin guished. Vessels or gunboats drawing 10 feet can ascend to within a mile of the city, at a place called the Rockets. Yes • eels of 15 feet draught ascend to Warwick, 3 miles below. A canal has been built around the falls, and above them there is navigation for 2CO miles. Tho James River Kana • wha Canal, intended to extend to Covington, is completed for 200 miles. Richmond has very extensive railroad commu• nications, being the terminus of five roads—running to Fredericksburg and the Potomac, to West Point and the York River, Petersburg and Norfolk, to Danville, Virginia, to Jackson's, River, by the Central Railroad-- and from these the connections lead all through the Southern States. Opposite the city are two towns of Spring Hilt and Manchester. Richmond was founded in 1742, became the capital of the State of Virginia in 1779, and in June, IS6I, it was made the seat of Government of the 4 g Confederate States of America," whose Congress as sembled there on July 20. Its history since then is only too familiar to the ccuntry. Around the city are various hills, extending a great distance, on the most important of which fortifications were erected in the days of the " On to Richmond cryi"--.Z\ew COURT OF ALDERMEN, A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at Guildhall— Mr Alderman Finnis in the chair. Mr Alderman STONE brought forward a motion, with the view of still rendering some of the regulations which had been recently rejected by Sir G. Grey, the Home Secretary, available for facilitating the traffic of the city under the provisions of the act of last year. He sought to show, in the first place, that so far from there having been any delay or timidity on the part of the Court of Aldermen in putting the act into operation, the contrary was the case; and that they had endeavoured for the last six months to obtain the opinion of the Home Secretary as to the code of bye-laws, which they had carefully framed under the powers confer red upon them by the statute. Referring to the correspond ence which had parsed between Sir G. Grey and the corpo ration on t he subject of the proposed bye-laws, Mr Wad dington, under date of Jan. 23, said the Home Secretary had felt great doubt whether the Court of Aldermen, in framing the regulations which they had submitted to him, had kept strictly within their power of making bye-laws conferred by the act. He referred, for example, to a few instances only. Bye-law No. 2, he said, prohibited during certain hours any vehicle drawn by snore than four horses in the streets, that was in all streets without any restriction or limitation. By bye law 6 delivery of coals, beer, wine, or other liquid in casks was prohibited in certain hours in certain streets. By bye-law 12 the sale of a variety of articles carried upon vehicles was forbidden in certain streets; and by bye law 15 the court not only appointed standings for shoeblacks, but delegated its authority in that respect to the Commissioner of City police. Sir George Grey could not find that any express or implied power was conferred by the late act which authorised those regu lations, and he therefore asked whether they had been submitted to the legal advisers of the corporation. The Recorder and Common Sergeant, in a case which was afterwards submitted to them, gave it as their opinion that the bye-laws which had been framed by the Court of Alder men were within the power conferred upon the corpora tion by the Act, with the exception of the proviso to the 15th, which in future authorised the commissioner of City p lice to appoint and alter standings for shoeblacks. The whole question, with the opinion of the law officers of the corporation, was subsequently laid before the Attorney General and the Solicitor General for their opinion, and they expressed their regret that they could not agree with the Recorder and Common Sergeant. 4 ( Of the bye-laws in question," they added, " the Ist, 4th, sth, 16th, and part of the 15th (down to the proviso) are clearly conformable to the act, and may be enforced by the penalties therein pro vided, but the rest of the bye-laws, however proper and expedient such regulations may be in themselves, seem to us to be beyond the scope of the authority given by the act, and therefore not liable to be enforced by its penalties.'' They went on to say, "It seems to us that the words such streets' properly mean only those streets or parts of s treets, which by any bye-laws or regulations to be made under the act may be ordered to be used by omnibuses, &c., and other public conveyances for passengers." Taking, therefore, the interpretation of the act by the law ellicers of the crown to be correct, it followed that if the Court of Aldermen might make bye-laws regulating the routes of omnibuses and other passenger vehicles through the streets of the City, they would be enabled by the same clause to make such regula tions in other respects for facilitating the traffic as they confined them solely t the di rec ti on o f omni tmoigthhet s d t e r e e m ets i n n w e c h e i s o s h a r t y h , e p y r c o o v n i d t r e o d u t e h d e buses and other passenger conveyances, That being so, the act might yet be brought substantially into operation, for their powers to regulate the course of omnibuses extended to all the grain thoroughfares, He therefore moved a reso lution to the effect that the Court of Aldermen deemed it highly desirable that every reasonable endeavour I should be made to carry into effect as far as possible the provisions of the City Traffic Regula tion Act of 18.5, in addition to the bye-laws already passed ; and that it be referred to the general purposes committee to further consider the subject, to consult the law officers for the purpose of framing such other modified regulatjons as might appear sufficient to meet the objec tions, and to obtain the requisite sanction of the Secretary of State, The motion was seconded by Mr Alderman LUSK, and carried unanimously. On the bringing up of a report relating to the new City Lunatic Asylum at Dartford, Mr Alderman LUSK complained of the tardy completion of the building and the delay in removing the pauper lunatics to it. The CHAIRMAN explained that until the asylum was finished it could not be handed over to the care of the magistrates. The Court then adjourned. MARL:EIS—This Day, COVENT GARDEN. Our ntArket is seasonably well supplied with fruit and A•egetablcs. Most descriptions of produce command a steady sale, at the annexed rates. rilin T. s. d. F. d., S. d. s d Pine apples 6 oto 8 0 i Mulberries,pr pt..o otc 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 01 Cherries, per lb. 0 4to 1 0 Grapes,per lb 4 otolo 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Foreign do 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 u Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0; Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 3 oto 6 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 5 oto 12 0 IPeaches.. Lemons, per 100.. 4 oto 8 0 I Currants, per hey 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries hf svet oto 3 0 I Plums, per do. Strawberries pr pt 0 6to 1 0; Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 'VEGETABLES.- - Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 2 91 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9t o 1 3 I Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 6 ditto 0 oto 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 ti to 3 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli sprouts .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 50 oto 60 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr lb ..6 oto 10 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 9 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 01 Cos Lett, score .. 0 Bto 1 3 Cucumbers 0 3to 1 61 Mint and savor y.. 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 01 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, 1 oto 1 6 ; T omatoes, doz... 0 ot o 0 0 ()pions, doz. bn 1 9to 2 0I 1 Capsicums, per do 0 o to 0 New .DO., dz bun 1 oto 1 6 j Rhubarb, per bun 0 2 to 0 4 Spinach ... 0 ot o 0 01 Asparagus, pr do. 2 6to 4 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 01 Seakaie, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 - - POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; geese, 5s Od to 75 Od each goslincs, 4s Gd to Gs ; du c k s, 2s Od to 35 6d; ducklings: 2s Od to 3s Gd; rabbits, 13 Od to is 4d each; wild do., —d °o3Os 4d t o Os 7(1 eac h; Surrey fowls, t l4sodTo d 18s pigeons Os 8s Od to Os Od ; barn door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks Os to Os Od; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plover s , Os Od to Od each ; gu inea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, ea ch; Ostend fresh butter, 10d t o Os l ld ;Od English, Os lld to is Od per lb ; English eggs,Os Od to Os Od 7s Od to Os ; French do., 5s Gd to es Od per 100; leverets 03 to Os Od. ,2sOdto 4s Od ; grouse, Os BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 4d to is Sd ; trout, Od to Os : eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Gd per Olbd to Os d s, re h ; tm-bo to Gs Od ; doys, t e 3 a s c od ; to soles,l2s cod, O s Od to O s Od • ' Os brills, 2s Od l o b s ters, is to 3s Od; crabs, 6c; to 2 s 6d ; plaice and gimlets, ys, 2s Od o 28 Gd ; mullets, Gd to is 6d ; 3d to 3 8 Od per pair; common o y s ters, 10s to 20s ; natives, 64 8 t o 70s per bush. ; wh i t i ngs, 4s Cd to Ss; haddocks, 6s to 12 s ; smelts, O s Od t o O s Od ; fl ou nders, Os Od per dozen • mackerel, 40s per 100 ; fresh h err ings, 7s to Ss per 100; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per b race. Od WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2cl; mutton, 3s 6d to 45 8d; lamb, Gs Od to 68 Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 41 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s Gd per Sibs by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s Sd to 4s 8d; lamb, 5s Od to Gs Od; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. BREAD: The prices of wheaten bread iu the metropolis are from 61d to 7d, of household do., 6d to Gd per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 22d to 3cl ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to aid ; 721 b to 80Ib, 3d to 4d ; 801 b to 831 b, 31d to 41d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41c1; 9Glb to 104.1 b, to Od ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, 10s Od to 12s Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 8s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 8s Od to Os Od ; half-breds, —s Od to —s Od ; D owns , —s Od to —6 Od; lambs, 2s 9d to 4s 9d; shoap ui ;,.. -gs, 2s 2d to 2s 4d. The Danish Blockade. (Fiona the Supplement to the London Gazette of yesterday.) FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 24. The following note has been received by Earl Russell, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, from the Danish Minister at this Court : "Legation of Denmark, June 24. "My Lord,—By your Excellency's note of June 14, I was requested to give information as to whether, in the event of hostilities being renewed on the 26th inst., and a blockade of German ports by Danish ships of war re-established, due notice cf such blockade would be given, and due time afforded to British merchant vessels to leave the ports proposed to be blockaded. I did not nil to submit at once your lordship's note to my Govern meat, and I have now the hencar to state in reply that if hostilities should be renewed on the 26th the blecleade of the ports of Cacitnin, Swinemunde, Wolgast, Greifsve ilde, Stralsund, Barth, Dantsic, and Pillau in the Baltic, es well as the blockade of the ports and inlets in the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, which was raised on the 12th of May, in conformity with the stipulations of the suspension of hostilities, will immediately be re-established; that neutral ships which, after the renewal of the war, might attempt to enter any of the blockaded ports, would not, however, be subject to capture unless where previous notice of the re-establishment of the blockade had been received by them, either in the ordinary way or through the ships of the blockading squadron itself; and that a short but sufficient space of time would be accorded for leaving the blockaded ports to those neutral ships which, atlthe time of the re-establishment of the blockade, might be in those ports. I have s &e,, T. BILLE. The Royal Sovereign. The turret ship Royal Sovereign, manned with a crew from the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth, and under the command of Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., left that harbour yesterday morning for Spithead to more fully test her powers of circling under full boiler power with the use of the pilot houso wheel (the only wheel she would steer with when under fire), and also to test the steam capstans with whieh she is fitted below in weighing anchor by steam, and also by manual labour in the ordinary method with capstan bars, and her fittings on deck for catting and fishing her anchor, &a. The two experimental circles were first made with the pilot house wheel, the first being made to starboard, with 12 men at the wheel, and the rudder hove over to an angle of 241 deg. in 59 sec. The half circle was made in 3 min 5 sec, and completed to the full circle in 6 min 49 sec. The second circle was made to port, and the rudder was hove over to an angle of 211 deg (12 men at the wheel as before), in 1 min. 10 sec. The half circle was made in 3 min. 1 sec., and the full circle completed in 5 min. 54 sec. In the first circle the wheel had 61 turns, and in the second 7 turns. The diameter of the circles was apparently about three times the vessel's length. The ship was next placed in the channel between the Noman and Dean shoals, and, stern way having been got on her, her starboard bower anchor was let go in 17 fathoms, and the cable veered to the fourth shackle at the hawse , pipe. The chain was then unbitted and brought to the steam capstan (Brown and Harfield's patent) or. the 'tween decks, and the anchor hove up again. The object of doing this was, on the part o the officials from the dockyard, merely to test offi. cially the powers of the steam capstan, but to Cap Coles, who was present, and to Capt. Cardwell proved the power of the Royal Sovereign to weigh her anchors under circumstances where most other ships would be obliged to slip them. She might be lying at anchor in a river and be suddenly attacked by other vessels or a boat flotilla, and unable to show a man on deck, or she might have to defend herself and get her anchor with hor crew weakened by the absence of men in boatS or by sickness, and in this case a very few men could, with the aid of the steam captan, run the anchor up to the bows, while the remainder could work the guns in the turrets, and nct a man need show iiimself to the enemy. The port anchor was afterwards let go, and weighed again in the ordinary manner with capstan bars by the crow, exhibiting, however, very clearly the superiority of steam power for the purpose, A fear had been expressed that the shackles would not pass round the capstan so securely as the links of the cable, and, to test them fully in the manner, they were passed round both vertically and hori zontally. They " bit" well in both positions, but it required care to deliver the chain safely off the capstan and round the rollers. The cat and fish gear for securing the anchors, novel of their kind, like all the other deck fittings of the ship,were next tested in their turn, and it was found that, with a few slight modifications, they will answer their purpose admirably. This concluded the day's tests, and the Royal Sovereign steamed in through Spithead and the Channel fleet, and returned to her berth alongside the dockyard about 5 p.m. The steering gear fitted to the pilot-house has a lead of four-fifths the length of the ship to the rudder-head aft, and under such circumstances neither ropes nor chains fitted in the ordinary way could convey the whole of the work of the wheel to the rudder. To meet adequately a contingency of this kind, the ship's pilot-house wheel is connected with the rudder by metal bars forward and a disc aft, the result being that there is no "give" of rope or chain, while the disc imparts the full amount of the force created by the wheel to the head of the rudder. We understand this is an improvement on a plan somewhat similar to the one fitted on board the mail steamer Adriatic by one of the shipwright officers of Portsmouth Dockyard, HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD —Meadow hay, £2 los to £l'los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and stra w , Ll 4 s to £1 lOs per load. CUMBERLAND.-11.1evlow hay, £2 15 s to £4 10s; clover, Trade inactive. £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 43 to £1 lOs per load. A slow sale. WHITECIIAPEL —Meadow hay, £2153 to £4los; clover, Trade dull. £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and s traw , £1 4s t o £1 lOs per load, Mr William Miller was yesterday appointed chief cashier of the Bank of England, in the place of Mr Matthew Marshall, who recently rcsignei. Mr Miller has been employed in the Bank during a period of 31 years, and has occupied the position of deputy cashier since 1858. Mr George Forbes, the second assistant cashier, has been promoted to the post of deputy cashier. m he e ld et in n t g ho on Cor n Ex c h ange , Newark — R EFOR M MEETING AT NEWARIi—On Monday the subject of Par Has the chair. M r J o h n G l over moved, / i v e r e ll p n t r n n y d g e r r e a , f o p : u e m n b c a in e and Mr. Godley seconded, the following resolution That the eminent services rendered to this country by the Right Hon. William Evart Gladstone entitle him to the esteem of his fellow. countrymen ; that as a statesman who has proved himself as conscientious as he is patriotic, as cautious as he is earnest, and as successful in measures as he is manly and eloquent in defending them, he has the entire confidence of the working classes; that whilst acknowledging the many benefits he has conferred upon the community, this meet ing of the non-electors of the borough of Newark desires especially to record its thankfulness to the right hon. gen tleman for his recent speech on the subject of reform." Mr Earp, in supporting tha resolution in an able speech, alluded to ur Gladstone's former connection with Newark. On the motion of Mr Johnstone, seconded by Mr Gabbitas, thanks were passed to the members or the borongh, for their con sistent support of reform. Lord Abinger and his Butler, At the Hammersmith Policy-court yesterday, Samuel Hanson, butler to the Dowager Lady Abinger, of Queen's gate-terrace, Kensington, surrendered to his bail before Mr Ingham, on a charzo of being drunk and assaulting Lord Abinger. Mr Lewis, of Ely-place, appeared for the defendant. Lord William Frederick Abinger stated that ho returned home with her ladyship from a party about half-past 11 o'clock on Tuesday night, and on entering the ball he saw that the defendant had been drinking. He told the defen dant that he was drunk, but he replied that he was not. Witness, supposing that there had been a carousal among the servants, and being afraid of serious injury in the stables, proceeded through defendant's room, which led to the back yard, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the horses were safe. However, when ho got into the room he found a female sitting on the bed, and the defendant represented her to be a friend. She gave witness her name and address, and said the gentleman, pointing to the defendant, had brought her there, and that she had never seen hint beit'Jre. Witness then walked her to the front door, followed by defendant, who used very foul language, and said he hated Lady A.binger, and that he would not serve her. He (witness) could not tolerate such conduct, and ho thought there was not any gentleman who would either, and he requested the defendant to follow the female, and told hint that he did not feel justified in allowing him to remain any longer in the house. He refused, and witness then took him by the collar for the purpose of removing him from the house, not using any more force than was necessary. The defen dant resisted and struck him. Witness released his hold, and struck the defendant in return. They had a severe struggle. Witness knocked him down, and they had a fight. Her ladyship being in a nervous state he was very anxious that there should not be any more noise than was neces sary, and when his servant came u p he requested him to pacify the defendant. Witness then walked upstairs to his room. fl e was proceeding to wash himself when the de fendant entered the room, and said '° I have got you both now ; I'll do for you and I'll kick her ladyship." Witness was not then prepared for fighting. The defendant struck him on the face and gave him a black eye. Witness fought him again. The defendant used very disgusting language towards her ladyship, the witness fought away to the door to draw him from the inside, as she could have heard every word in the adjoining room. Witness afterwards went out for a constable, an:: gave the defendant in charge. Witness regretted very much to have to bring the case to that court, as the defendant's wife was a very respectable woman, and had been 15 years in the service of the family. Mr Ingham fined the defendant and in default of payment to be imprisoned 11 day?. with hard labour. The fine was immediately paid. At the annual meeting yesterday of t the share holders of the St. John del Rey Mi n i n g Company the re port presented for adoption stated that the produce of gold at Morro Velho for the past year amounted to 476,005 octavas. The net prctit realised had been £63,235 lls 4d, and the interest that had meanwhile accrued represented £528 4s 4d. After plying the dividend last December, the directors now proposed to pay £2 lOs per share, free of la conic taa, which admitted of 4265, 133 7d being carried to the pretit and lose account. Confederate View of the American Campaign. (From tho _lndex.) There seems to be very little doubt that General Grant has made up his mind to adopt another line of advance upon Richmond, and that the next mail will bring us the intelligence of a still closer imita tion of M'Clellan's strategy, and another change•of base, defeated at Spottsylvania, foiled at Saxton's Junction, defeated again on the Chickahominy, the Federal commander has evidently resolved upon trying a new point in the Confederate armies; and everything tenes to prove that his next move will be towards the James River. General M'C.ellan persoveritif;ly• maintained that the J . '111?8 River route was the real road to Richmond, though it is only fair to say that ne never proved its advantages, and only discovered them when every other route had failed, and when it was too late to try the new one. General Grant has trodden so closely in his footsteps that it is per fectly natural he should try his predecessor's "forlorn hope," and to the last moment delude the North into the belief that he is bent upon marching into Richmond. At the same time, there is a suggestive weakness in thi s change o f b ase which implies far more anxiety about a safe retreat than an easy advance, and we shall begin to think, when once Grant's march across the Chickahominy to the James River is announced, that the end of the campaign is not very distant. We are, of course, very much in the dark as to the result of the recent operations on the north bank of the Chickahominy. All Southern reports are carefully excluded from Northern newspapers. The correspondence from the army is carefully edited by Mr Stanton's sub ordinates. Federal victories are magnified, Federal reverses are dwarfed, and everything is narrated ' in the tone most calculated to help Mr Lincoln's chances of the Presidential election. Take the battle of the 3d instant. It is now admitted that a general action was fought on that day—that the Federals attacked Lee's lines with their whole force, and were repulsed with frightful loss. It is even asserted that at one moment they held the key of the position, but that Grant, unwilling to reap a victory which would cost him a great loss of life, withdrew after three hours' engagement and the loss of 7,000 men. Yet that action was described in a previous mail as a mere reconnaissance in force, which cost two or three colonels and " loss not very severe," although it really amounted to a defeated attempt to force Lee's lines and drive his whole army into Richmond. It is difficult, then, to guess what confidence is to be placed in the reports of theNe w York papers or in Mr. Stanton's despatches, but if we take their own accounts, and draw our opinions from them, we shall probably not be far wrong in deciding that the battle of the 3d was conclusive as to the campaign on the Chickahominy, and rendered Grant's change of base an actual ne cessity. Tae question arises for whet point Grant will make. He is, as usual, moving by his left, and is reported to have reached Despatch Station on the Chickahominy. This would seem to imply an in relation of taking up a position somewhat nearer to Richmond than Harrison's Landing,and in advance of Butler's lines. But we are inclined to believe that if Grant does make for the James River, his line of march will be nearly identical with the mute adopted by M'Clellan. In that case he will have arrived on the north bank of the James River almost on the same day of the year as his predecessor, and his army will be subjected to precisely the same malarious influences which decimated M'Clellan's forces. Bad water, marsh miasmata, and a Vir ginian July sun would speedily dispose of his army without the necessity of a blow from Lee. But M'Clellan's army, even after the 7 days' fighting,was formidable. Lee's forces, although victorious, had suffered heavily, and were not in a condition to follow up their victory. Things are different now. Every week adds to Lee's strength. Rich mond is secured against a coup de main; and, since the advance upon Richmond is restricted to a single route, Lee can afford to trust very much to the do fences of the Southern capital, and make use of his available forces for a blow that would speedily com pel Lincoln to think more of defonding Washing ton than of taking Richmond. As it is, there is nothing to prevent a Confederate force marching to the Potomac. Confederate guerillas are virtually in possession of the country from Arlington Heights _ _ to the northern line of Richmond. If Lee can spare the men, he has already an opportunity of dealing a blow which will be as useful for the defence of Richmond as another successful repulse of Grant's army. But it is said to be the Federal General's p:an to establish himself on both banks of the James River, to advance, a la Halleck, a mile a week, by the aid of the spade; and by means of his superiority of cavalry to cut the communications of Richmond, and compel Lee to evacuate Richmond without risking the failure of an assault. Really there is no end to the inge nuity of Federals strategists. The attack, which began on the north side of Richmond, is now to be transferred to the south side. The route which was so obviously the only safe advance to Richmond is to be abandoned, and a new line immeasurably superior is to be adopted; and all the time the Northern press is in ecstacies over the generalship of Grant, and implicitly believes that Richmond will fall, like Jericho, at the blast of a trumpet, so soon as Grant arrives before the walls. For our own part, we are of opinion that the further Grant moves to the south, the more feeble roust be his hope of reaching Richmond; that every mile he places between his army and Washington is a gain to the Confederates; and that we shall soon hear of combinations of the Confederate troops which will effectually relieve Richmond for many months to come. Sherman's prospects aro not more favourable than those of the army in Virginia. In Georgia, also, the Federal army has suffercd defeat and less In two battles the Confederates have taken the initiative. In one the .Federals claim a victory, in the other they acknowledge a defeat. A frightful list of killed and wounded and sick has been sent northwards. Southern reports already place at 45,000 the casualties in Sherman's army from O n e cause or another. And we learn from Northern sources that the advanue ban ceased; that Johnston, reinforced by Polk and Finnegan, h as aimed to bay; that the news of the capture of Alarietta is false; and that before Sherman can hope to settle down to the siege of Atalanta, h e h as got t o fight an army of 600,000 men, commanded by one of the best officers in the Confede rate army occupying au i mmensely strong posi tion. From Chattanooga to Ackworth the distance is 120 miles. A single line of railway is all Sher man has to depend on for his supplies ; and Forrest, with a large cavalry force, is said to be making for his communication:). It is contrary to all experi ence that Sherman's army should succeed, and we believe a very short time will elapse before Sher man repeats the retrograde movement ho made in the spring in the State of Mississippi. In the mean time the Confederates are astir in Kentucky ; they are threatening Cincinnati—they have destroyed four gunboats and several transports on the Missis sippi, and they are gradually acquiring quite a respectable fleet by captures in Southern waters. The Federals have sacrificed everything for the capture of Richmond and Atalanta. At present they have achieved no success to compensate them for the territory they have abandoned and the losses they have endured. DANGEROUS CONDITION OF lIEENAN.—Among the most serious sufferers from the recent railway accident at Egham is John C. Heenan, the:Benicia Boy. It appears that Heenan looked from his carriage .window when the first alarm was given, and finding a eollision inevitable, jumped on to the platform as the train was moving, and falling heavily , inj ured his s p ine so severel y that h e has suffered from a continuous succession of fits ever since. Ills own doctor (Mr Clark) and the company's surgeo n (D r. Sally) have been in constant attendance upon him since the accident, and from S o'clock on Sunday night until S o'clock on Monday night he was never left by his medical men, as ha no sooner recovered from one fit than a more violent one succeeded. Heenan, according to the latest inquiries, was better, but is at present confined to his bed. Poor Heenan has been most unfortunate since his arrival in this country, and this last disaster is tho crowning misfortune of his English calier. BETTING P BIANCIIESTERPriday, There was a anal/ attendance at the rooms to-day, ar i d business was almost. 'entirely confined to the Northumber land Plate, for to 1 being which Baktchi Semi continued i n f orce, 5 taken fresh Baktchi Sir Roger is backed at the same price, while Caller C , u found friends at 6to 1. In other respects the betting was unimportant. Closing prices : NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 9to 2 agst Baktchi Serai (offered) (take 5 to 1 freely) sto 1 agst Sir Roger (taken) 6to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken and offered) 9to 1 apt Found Again (offered) 10 to 1 agst Trust (offered) 100 to 9 agst Slice (taken) 100 to 6 agst Oldinins:er (offered) 25 to 1 agst Borealis (offered) TIIE DONCASTER ST. LEGER, 100 to 7 agst Ely (taken) THE DERBY or 1665. Bto lon the field (Aldred) WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the most noble Elizabeth, Duchess of Gordon, of Huntly Lodge, Aberdeen, was proved in her Majesty's Court of Probate in Londo n on the 33 inst.—the executors being the Right Hon. Jas, Alexander, Earl of Rosslyn, P.C., and Henry R. Cox and Charles Hammersley, E,q., both of Craig's-court, Westminster. The personalty was sworn under £60,000. Her ladyship was the daughter of Alexander Brodie, Esq., and married, in 1813, George, fifth Duke of Gordon, who died in 18 36 ; title extinct. Her Grace's will bear date September, 1862. After reciting several annuities made chargeable upon her estate, she bequeaths a sum of £3,000 towards the building of the Gordon School; and for the benefit of the Female School of Industry and Infant School at Huntly. There are several bequests to her relatives and personal friends, and she has bequeathed the residue of her property to her cousin, W. Brodie, Esq., of Brodie. Legacies are also left to servants—to two of them £5OO each, to another £2OO, and to the others according to length of servitude. The will of Francis Edward Smedley, Esq., o f Grove Lodge, Regent's Park, and Beech Lodge, Great Marlow, Berke, was proved in the London Court under £70,000 personalty. The executers are the Rev. Henry John Ellison, M.A., Prebendary of Lichfield and Vicar of New Windeor, Berks, and George Montagu Jull, Esq., of Jermyn-street, Piccadilly. The testator has bequeathed to his mother his residence, Beech Lodge, and the furniture, together with an annuity of -v500; and to his cousin, Menella Bute Smedley, like annuity of £5OO, and upon her decease an an• nuity of £250 to her mother. To other relatives liberal annuities and legacies are bequeathed. To his cousin, Mrs. Hart, £2,000 is lent towards the building and endowment of a church at Glen Alla, Donegal, Ireland, in lieu of a legacy to her, at her own request. To several of his acquaintances be quests are made varying in amount; to his execu tors £6OO each; and to his servants liberal legacies. All bequests are to be paid free of legacy duty. The residue, real and personal, is bequeathed to his said cousin, Menella Bute Smedley. The will of the Rev. John Pinckney, D D., late of East Sheen, Surrey, formerly of Lalehem, Mid dlesex, was proved in London under £120,060 per. sonalty. Tne executors are his sons, Eryls msn Charles Pinckney, Esq. ; the Reverend W. Pinckney, and George Henry Pinckney, Esq. The will was executed in 1856. After leaving a legacy of £6,000 E Ist Innia Stec; in trust for his son Horatio, and £3,000 to his son Erlysmeat, and annuities of £4O, £2O, and £lO to three of his old servants, the testator divides the residue of his property, real and personal, into four equal parts amongst his three sons, who are his executors, and his daughter Henrietta, wife of G. Wood, Esq., M.D. The will of Mrs. Eliza M. Claridge, who died at Nice, in France, in the early part of this year, hes been proved in the London. Court under 1:,30,000 ; the will of Thomas Bouiton, Esq., of Medingley Lodge, Kensington, under £20,000 personalty ; and that of Mr. Henry Burnell, of Cheyne-walk, Chel sea, £2o,ooo.—Elustraled _London Netcs. Course of the Exchange.—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam .. 12 01 12 Of Antwerp.. .. 25 60 25 64 Brussels — 25 60 25 62t Hamburgh — 13 81 13 9 Paris Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 55 25 62t Marseilles Frankfort on Maine - 120 1201 Vienna 1 riesto .. 11 90 11 95 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid ... ••• 48 4SI Cadiz _ _ Leghorn — 25 ii 9 -I 25 70 Milan — 25 62t 25 70 Genoa .— 25 621 25 67i Naples - 25 65 25 70 Palermo .. . 25 65 25 70 Messina — 25 65 25 70 Lisbon — 511 ; 62 Oporto...- . —51 k Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 9 Mexicans Dollars Slyer inßars ( Standard) .... • • 0 0 0 NORTH DURHAM ELECTION.—The High Sheriff of Durham has appointed Tuesday next for the elec tion of a member for the northern division of the county o f Durham, to serve in Parliament in place of the late Lord A. V. Tempest. There is no opposition to Sir liedworth Williamson, the Liberal candidate, and it is officially an nounced that his return will not be contested, "The steamvessel Yeddo," says the Gironde, " which has just been constructed in the building yard of M. Arman, of this city (Bordeaux), and which is supposed to belong to the Confederate Government, left the roadstead yesterday morning. She had made a trial trip on Monday last, and compkted her preparations on the follow ing day. The Yeddo measures 682 tons, and has a crew (entirely Frencl:) 01 6,5 m en . Sh e i s comman ded by Capt a i n Pater, who is a Lativk-; of France also, and was fur a lung time master of v , :ssels behmging to Bordeaux. Sue is freighted with different kinds of goods, and is despatched by M. Arman himself through M. Cansse, shipbroker. The Yeddo is b oun d f o r Amsterdam ; but everything con cerning her departure and the object and aim of her voyage remained a profound mystery. To the last moment the freighters, officers, and seamen maiutainci an absolute silence to all the questions put to them." H OS PITAL FOR. CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF (Tpl:oEvid (BEST, BRUMPION.—The pretty little chapel through the beneficence of the chairman of the committee, some 14 years ago, for the use of the patients and, others connected with this institution), will be thrown open to the public o n S un d ay morn i ng nest, on the occa sion of the anni versary sermon, which will b preached by the Bishop of O ssory ( t h e Ri g ht Rev Dr O'Brien.) The a chapel is fitted up with the utmost regard to the comforts of,tho congregation; and a very pleasing effect is imparted to the interior, by the numerous stained glass windows, which, with the ornamental carving, were designed by Mr E. 13. Lamb, the architect of the chapel. The approach to the chapel is through tha lodge gates, in. the Fulham-road. THE HOWLINGDOG.—In the office assigned to the dog of the Aryans, as a messenger from the world of the dead, we see the origin of that very wide-spread super stition which recognises a death-omen in the howling of a dog. An intelligent Londoner tells me he has often seen the omen given, and verified its fulfilment. The dog's mode of proceeding on such cccasions, h e says, is this--Tho animal tries to get under the doomed person's window; but if the house stands within an enclosure, and it cannot get in, it runs round the promises very uneasily, or paces up and down them like a sentry. If the deg succeeds in making an entry, it stops under the window, howls horribly, finishes With three tremendous barks, and hurries away. Tho same superstition prevails in France and in ( - jell...tally. In the latter country, a dog howling before a house portends either a death or a fire. if it howls along the highway, that i 3 hold in Westphalia to be a sure token. that a funeral will soon pass that way. In the German, as in the Aryan mythology , the do g is e n embodiment of the wind, and also nu attendant on the dead. It appears in both characters in Odin's wild hunt. Dogs see ghosts, and when Hel, the goddess el death, goes about, invisible to human eyes, she is seen by the dog.s.— Killy Indo-European Tradition and Falk-Lore. LIE LADY OF LYONS AS Ali OPERA !—The wor d s of an opera, says a weekly contemporary, have been pro. p are d by Mr, John Oaenford for a leading musical pub -1 fisher, en the subject of " The Lady of Lyons," and it new only theH eartii,,, wa its for a musical composer. THE LAUREATE'S of NEW V O L UME O F POEMS, " Idylls is announced for publication in July. VIENNA, June 2 3.--- 4 ..uthentie advises from Lon :ton sure that Austria arid Prussia have accepted the mediation, but without tue clause of arbittatiou. Denur.uk positis . ely refuses.